Rail-chair.



y No. 820,545.v A'Arlwln MAY 15,1906'.

A. BELLAMY.

RAIL GHAAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24.1905.

Am A@ Aff? Witnesses: Inventor,

'- IJBy I H. Attorneys 5o on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT orrion ALBERT BELLAMY, OF FORT WILLIAM, CANADA,ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-EIGHTH TO THOMAS P.KELLY. ONE-EIGHTH TO ALEXANDER SNELGROVE, ONE-EIGHTH TO PETER MCQUAIG,ONE-SIXTEENTl-I TO WILLIAM A. MATHESON, AND ONE- SIXTEENTH TO ROBERTS.WORLD, ALL OF FORT WILLIAM, CANADA.

RAIL-CHAIR.

No. 820,545a

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application led July 24,1905. Serial No. 270,938.

To a/ZZ whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT BELLAMY, a subject of the King of England,residing at Fort William, in the county of Thunder Bay, in the Provinceof Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rail-Chairs, and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railway-chairsdesigned to support the contiguous ends of railway-rails, and comprisesthe inner metallic casing formed of a single piece of metal which isshaped to conform to and inclose the web of a railway-rail and thelaterally-extending flanges forming the base portion thereof,

which is used in connection with an exterior shell, also of a singlepiece of metal surrounding the lower portion of the inner shell andadapted to be secured to the ties or sleepers to lock the same inposition.

The object of the invention is to provide resilient supporting means forthe contiguous endsof rails, which supporting means should be ofsufficient length to rest upon adjacent sleepers and span the distancetherebetween to support the meeting ends of rails between said sleepers.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangements of partswhich are shown in the accompanying drawings, all as hereinafter morefully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, it beingunderstood that said drawings illustrate the preferred construction,which may be departed from in the form, proportion, and minor details ofparts therein shown within the scope of the claims without sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a fragmentaryside elevational view of the meeting portion of two railway-railssupported in position and equipped with the present invention. Fig. 2 isa sectional view taken Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3 3 ofFig. 4. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 4 4 ofFig. 2 looking downwardly.

Referring to the parts, l and 2 indicate the railway-rails, which railsare provided with the usual treads 3, forming the upper surface of theballs 4 of said rails, there being webs 5 and laterally-extendingbase-ilanges 6 integralwith said webs.

The inner casing 7 is provided with a base portion 8, which rests underthe base portion of the rail, said base portion forming a continuousmetallic member, integral with which there are formed short verticaliianges 9 and top ilanges 10, which with the base 8 serve as an envelopor inclosure for the base portion of the rail, and integral with thebase portions 8, 9, and 10 there are vertically-disposed flanges 11,which rise from the portions 10 to a suflicient height, preferably, torest immediately under the ball portion 4 of the railway-rail heldwithin said casing, so that the inner casing forms an envelop andsupport for the rail from base to the ball portion thereof.

By preference the flanges 6 of the rail are provided with verticalperforations, and co'- incident perforations 13 in the inner casingprovide means for the passage of securingbolts 14, which pass throughthe perforations in the flange and said inner casing to secure the innercasing in position upon the rail. It will be evident that thesecoincident perforations (indicated by the reference-numeral 13 in Fig. 4of the drawings) may be slightly elongated, if desired, to provide forexpansion and contraction of the rails. In addition to the perforations13 other perforations 15 are provided in the outer edge portions of theinner casing, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and it is evident that when theinner casing is formed from sheet metal, as it is preferred to form saidcasing, said perforations 15 should be slightly elongated in the blank,so as to provide the proper shape when the casing is bent into theposition shown in the sectional views, Figs. 2 and 3.

Formed of a single piece of metal, either cast or formed from sheetmetal and of a sha e approximately that of the lower portion of t einner casing,is an outer casing or shell 16, which is provided with thebase-plate 17,

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vertical walls 18, and inwardlybeveled coverwalls 19. This outer casing16 is provided with perforations 20, which by preference are arranged atdifferent distances from the ends thereof on opposite sides, so thatsecuring-spikes 21 may be passed through said perforations 2O andthrough the coincident perforations 15 in the edge portions of the innercasing and pass into the sleepers 22 in such manner and at suchdistances from the median line thereof as to prevent splitting saidsleepers when the spikes 21 are driven therein. Thus it will be seenthat a struc'- ture is provided which closely embraces the lower portionof the rail comprising the base and web and rises to the ball portionthereof, so as to form an approximately rigid yet slightly yieldingsupport, which support is reinforced and strengthened by the outercasing 16, which may be secured to the sleepers in the usual manner,thus dispensing with the iish-plates commonly used to secure the meetingends of railway-rails.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and: desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A railway-chair for supporting the contiguous ends of railway-rails,comprising an inner metallic casing havinor an interior shaped tocontact closely with the bottom and top of the rail-flanges and havingVertical flanges adapted to rise at each side of the web of a rail tothe under side of the ball thereof, in combination with an outer shelladapted to wholly inclose the lower portion of said inner shell with theupper flanges of said outer shell extending near to the vertical flangesof said inner shell.

2. A railway-chair for supporting the contiguous ends of railway-rails,comprising an inner metallic casing formed of an integral member havingan interior shaped to contact closely with the bottom and top of therailflanges and having vertical flanges adapted to rise at each side ofthe web of a rail to the under side of the ball thereof, in combinationwith an outer shell adapted to wholly inclose the lower portion of saidinner shell with the upper flanges of said outer shell extending near tothe vertical flanges of said inner shell.

3. A railway-chair for supporting the con* tiguous ends ofrailway-rails, comprising an inner metallic casing having an interiorshaped to contact closely with the bottom and top of the rail-flangesand having vertical flanges adapted to rise at each sidev of the web ofa rail, in combination with an outer shell adapted to wholly inclose thelower portion of said inner shell with the upper flanges of said outershell extending near to the vertical flanges of said inner shell.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALBERT BELLAMY.

Witnesses:

R. S. WORLD, WILLIAM H. BELLAMY.

